Release Date

12 Sep, 2009

Runtime

02:20: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

The year is 1575 in feudal Japan. Oda Nobunaga's (Kippei Shiina) forces defeat Takeda Katsuyori, when Nagashino Castle was besieged during the Battle of Nagashino. The next year Oda Nobunada decides to build a lavish new castle symbolizing his unification of various factions. The castle named Azuchi Castle will be built near water and high enough to be seen from the capital city of Kyoto. Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of Kenichi Yamamoto's novel of the same name received the 33rd Japan Academy Film Prize for Excellent Art Direction.

Original Title

火天の城

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Actors

西田敏行

福田沙紀

椎名桔平

遠藤章造

西岡徳馬

渡辺いっけい

石橋蓮司

石田卓也

大竹しのぶ

Kozue Ueda

Crew

Mitsutoshi Tanaka

Kazumi Matsuzawa